Suggest a good PSU for my system...

[paulys55]

Looking for a good, preferably modular, PSU for my build:
Corsair Carbide 400r
Asrock z77 Extreme4
i7-3770k
CM hyper 212
Corsair Vengence 8Gb ram
GTX660 directcu ii
Samsung 840 pro ssd
Seagate Barracuda 3Tb
Asus optical drive

May do mild overclocking in the future and less likely but possibly SLI. Want a quality PSU like Seasonic but not really familiar with the models. Saw some highly recommended XFXs but I don't think the ones I saw were modular and I'm trying to keep things neat. Looking sub $100, preferably around $60.

 

[ksham]

This is my recommendation: XFX TS 550W. After MIR, it's only $25.99 so it is a very good quality PSU at a cost that can't be beat. But unless you buy it NOW, you're probably going to miss the sale.

Alternatively, here's an Antec High Current Gamer 620W for ($59.99 after MIR).

 

[i7Baby]

Or for modular, try Antec HCG 520M

 

[paulys55]

This is my recommendation: XFX TS 550W. After MIR, it's only $25.99 so it is a very good quality PSU at a cost that can't be beat. But unless you buy it NOW, you're probably going to miss the sale.

Alternatively, here's an Antec High Current Gamer 620W{/url] for ($59.99 after MIR).

That XFX was one of the ones I was looking at but it's not modular as far as I can tell. Does going modular push the price up that much? Is there another model XFX that is modular? The one I have now is modular but its pretty cheap and I really want to get rid of it.

 

[ksham]

Sorry about that link for the Antec PSU. I fixed it.

Modular PSUs are a bit more expensive but as you go up in wattages, most PSUs will be at least semi-modular. There are a bunch of options like the Antec one is semi-modular and is probably the best price/performance PSU in that wattage range. There are some fully modular ones but not worth the extra cost.

Or if you want, you can upgrade to a EVGA Supernova G2 750W, which is fully modular and is 750W, which can help if you want to upgrade that GPU and then SLI / CrossFireX from there. 750W is way overkill for GTX 660 SLI. Even a quality 550W is good enough for GTX 660 SLI. With a 750W PSU, you can almost do 4x GTX 660 in SLI, but I don't recommend doing that.

 

[paulys55]

Or for modular, try Antec HCG 520M

That one looks pretty good, hoping to go a little cheaper as I'm broke. Also, what is meant by 'semi modular'?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

SEMI-Modular.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $59.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available



Tier 2 Brands - Top Quality components With Top Notch Stability - For Those With Price/Availability Issues With Tier 1

Antec Neo HE
Antec High Current Gamer Series
Antec EarthWatts greater than 700 watt
Antec TruePower Trio
Antec TruePower Quattro
Antec TruePower New -- 750w
Akasa PowerGreen 80+
CoolMax CTG-750 watt/850 watt/1000 watt
Cooler Master Ultimate/UCP
Cooltek CT
Corsair GS600 / GS800
Corsair HX
Corsair RM 550
Corsair TX
Corsair VX
Cougar SX700 and GX700
Enermax Liberty
Enermax Infiniti
Enermax MaxRevo 1350
Enermax MODU82+
Enermax Platimax (600, 750, 850, 1.2K)
Enermax PRO82+
Enermax PRO87+ (500w + 700w)
Enermax Triathlor (550, 650, 700)
Enhance ENP-GH
Fortron (FSP) GLN
Hale82-m 650-750w
iStarUSA PD2
iStarUSA PD3
LEPA G500
OCZ EliteXStream
OCZ Fatal1ty
OCZ GameXStream less than 1000 watt (only if manufactured in December 2007 or later)
OCZ StealthXStream 400 watt
OCZ StealthXStream 2 greater than 700 watt
OCZ Modstream (only if manufactured in December 2007 or later)
OCZ EvoStream
OCZ ProXStream
OCZ Z(t)(s) Series Less than 1000W
OCZ ZX 850w
PC P&C Silencer less than 610 watt
PC P&C Silencer MkII
Rosewill Capstone (450, 750)
Rosewill Fortress
Rosewill Hive (550, 650)
Seasonic G series
Seasonic S12
Seasonic M12
Seasonic Energy Plus
Sentey Golden Steel Power 850w
SevenTeam ST less than 600 watt
Silverstone OP/DA 700 watt or less
Supermicro/AbleCom
Thermaltake Toughpower greater than 600 watt
Thortech Thunderbolt Plus 800w
Topower Powerbird 900w
Xclio StablePower
XFX Core Edition
Xigmatek MC
Xigmatek HC
Ultra X3
Ultra X-Pro
Zalman ZM less than 1000 watt

 

[ksham]

That one looks pretty good, hoping to go a little cheaper as I'm broke. Also, what is meant by 'semi modular'?

It means that it come attached with the necessary cables like the one for motherboard and CPU and are not detachable. The idea is that you will need those wires anyway. The other cables like PCIe, SATA are detachable (or modular).